Alumni & Networking Event Zürich, Switzerland

When:	Tu 27-05-2025 17:00 - 20:30
Where:	Eawag in Dübendorf, Switzerland

We are pleased to announce that Rector Magnificus Prof. dr. ir. Jacquelien Scherpen of the University of Groningen will be visiting Switzerland in May 2025.

We warmly invite you to join us for a special University of Groningen Alumni Reception, taking place on Tuesday, May 27 at Eawag in Dübendorf, Switzerland.

Program:
17.00 Walk-in with coffee
17.30 Start Program
17.35 Welcome by Prof. Martin Ackermann, Director Eawag
17.45 The recent developments at the University of Groningen and the opportunities for collaboration by Rector Magnificus Prof. Jacquelien Scherpen
18.00 Dutch Embassy
18.10 Spinning out Academic Research by Alumnus of the Year Stef van Grieken
18.35 How to support founders of academic startups by Niek Huizenga, Future Tech Ventures
19.00 “Inside Eawag” by Piet Spaak
19.30 Start Drinks & Bites & Networking
20.30 End of event

Should you know fellow University of Groningen alumni who might not receive this invitation, kindly share it with them or extend a personal invitation.

We look forward to reconnecting with you at this networking event!

Warm regards,
On behalf of the Alumni Community of the University of Groningen
Frederika Cazemier, Alumni Office | University of Groningen

Stef van Grieken is the co-founder and CEO of Cradle, a fast growing company that makes it easier to engineer proteins with help from Generative AI. Scientists use Cradle’s software to engineer better bio-based products such as chemicals, food, materials, medicines and diagnostics, quicker and more efficiently. Cradle serves many of the largest biotech companies in the world such as Johnson & Johnson, Novo Nordisk and IFF. The company recently closed a $78m Series B led by IVP. Previously, Stef was part of the leadership team at Google Research & Machine Intelligence where he was responsible for various infrastructure, developer and applied artificial intelligence projects. He has also been a co-lead of a successful Google X project and a lead on Google Maps and Android. His work was awarded with the ‘Time Magazine Top Website 2012’ the ‘European Public Sector Award’, ‘2024 Rising Star by Founders Forum’, as well as being named ‘Alumnus of the Year 2024’ at his Alma Mater, University of Groningen.

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